What I really like on ROS is the app store for installing software. Makes it really easy to download Firefox, Java, Notepad++ and the most common apps that we'd normally install (just for Wonko, they even included Opera as a browser).

My biggest problem was getting the network share to work correctly. I was able to access files on the network but not being able to download them to disk.

The *other* Wonko prefers Opera over others too, uses it as primary on most of his devices. I never really tried/cared for the older versions that use Presto, I found that a lot of pages aren't rendered correctly, if at all. The newer stuff that uses Google's WebKit is fine, it's still a lot more stable, than say, Chrome, and uses far less RAM, and with the same level of compatibility. You can even use Chrome plugins in Opera (usually).

I doubt ReactOS would boot on my hardware, given that real XP setup booted from genuine sources, generates an ACPI-related BSOD almost immediately. There is no way to disable this in BIOS, and I'm not sure I'd want to even if I could.

If in a VM, can I force ROS to use the highest native resolution of my monitor, which is 3840x2160 (4k)? Or it will look like how 7 looks on my monitor, able to use highest res but having tiny icons, etc? It's not really worth bothering with if that won't work. VMs have a tendency to not always scale/stretch the OS correctly. Full screen would be ideal.

Do they have any near future plans for an x64 version? ROS is still mimicking XP even while there are newer versions of Windows, and x64 at that. I think 32 bit may still be dominant worldwide overall, but x64 is the future.

@Nuno: Is your monitor 4k-capable? If not, that might explain why you can't set the res I'm seeking. If I'm going to have a 4k monitor, then I would definitely like to be able to fully utilize in all OSes, if only because it looks so damn good. My Fedora Workstation looks sexy as hell at 4k once I've installed the drivers for my Nvidia GTX 1080. Very crisp, even looks better than Windows 10.